Nalaka Vithanage
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Nalaka Withanage නාලක විතානගේ | |
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| Born | 16 February 1982 Colombo |
| Education | Nalanda College Colombo UNITECH INTERNATIONAL, Auckland |
| Occupation | Film Director |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Height | 6 ft |
| Children | Uththara Iduwari Withanage |
| Father | Bandula Withanage |
| Relatives | Yashoda Wimaladharma (Cousin) |
Nalaka Vithanage is a filmmaker of Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television.[1] He is the son of popular dramatist Bandula Withanage.[2]
Nalaka was born on 16 February. He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo and has been keenly interested and involved with his passion for stage and teledrama creations and film making while at school.[3] He completed his higher studies in commerce and business studies.[4] In 2001 he went New Zealand for further studies. He returned Sri Lanka in 2004.[5]
His father Bandula Vithanage was a renowned dramatist in Sri Lanka who had a career that spanned for more than five decades.[6] Vithanage is one of the earliest pillars of Sri Lankan art and drama,[7] where he is the pioneer to introduce Shakespearean theater to Sri Lankan theater with several plays such as Veniciye Velenda, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.[8] He died on 1 September 2014 at Colombo National Hospital at the age of 73.[9][10] Nalaka has one sister, Vajirakumari Vithanage.[11]
His cousin sister Yashoda Wimaladharma is a popular actress in Sri Lanka cinema, theater and television.[12]